There are two political clocks running in Beijing this week, and they are not synchronised. Chinese President Xi Jinping's is counting down to the…
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The catastrophic defeat suffered by the UK’s ruling Labour Party in this month’s local elections has not only raised doubts about Prime Minister Sir…
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Korean robots and Victory Day celebrations
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Humanoid robot Gabi folds its hands during a precept ceremony at a temple in Seoul, South Korea, on 6 May 2026.
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Russian Sukhoi SU-25 fighter jets release smoke in the colours of the Russian tricolor flag as they fly over central Moscow during the Victory Day military parade on 9 May 2026.
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North Korean service members march during a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow on 9 May 2026.
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A child sifts through rubbish at the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on 7 May 2026.
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A displaced Palestinian boy peers through a tear in a tent wall, in Gaza City, on 6 May 2026.
REUTERS/Ayal Margolin
Israel fires white phosphorus, a toxic chemical substance, on Lebanon on 10 May 2026.
REUTERS/Phil Noble
A drone view shows artists from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, UK, on 6 May 2026.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Fishermen stand in a boat during sunrise at the Chibayish marshes in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, on 7 May 2026.
REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
A man rides a modified farming tractor as he competes in an annual tractor race marking the start of the rice farming season in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, on 10 May 2026.
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A photo taken on 7 May 2026 shows a Qantas Boeing 737 departing Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport.
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The shift from warmth to warning was unmistakable on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s face as he greeted his Lebanese counterpart Joseph…
The French Riviera is once again the centre of the global cinematic scene as the 79th Cannes Film Festival opens today, with an Asian filmmaker…
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